The Day Fear Gripped the Nation The Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt

On March 30, 1981, President Reagan walked out of a hotel in Washington, D.C., and was shot by a would-be assassin. For years, few people knew the truth about ... On this date 35 years ago, President Reagan survived an assassination attempt. ... March 30, 1981: Reagan exits a Washington, D.C., hotel when ... Assassination Attempt on Reagan. March 30, 1981. President Reagan waving to the crowd just before Hinckley fires his gun. On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. John Hinckley Jr., who wounded then President Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, will win unconditional release next year as ... Reagan's popularity soared after the assassination attempt, and at the end of April he was given a hero's welcome by Congress. In August, this ... Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, recreated the afternoon of March 30, 1981. Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan ... On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in ... Chaos outside the Washington Hilton Hotel after the assassination attempt on President Reagan. James Brady and police officer Thomas Delahanty lie wounded ... John Hinckley gains full freedom 41 years after Ronald Reagan assassination attempt ... John Hinckley, who shot and wounded US president Ronald ...